Slovenia and coal

The U.S. Geological Survey reports that "coal is produced at two mines near Trbovlje and Velenje and is used for electricity production at the Trbovlje and the Sostanj thermal powerplants. The mine at Trbovlje is scheduled to shut down in 2015."

Coal mining
The USGS also reported that in 2008 coal production dropped by 24% on the previous year. The USGS estimates that in 2008 Slovenia mined 489,000 tonnes of borwn coal and 4.03 million tonnes of lignite.

The USGS estimated that in 2008 that:
 * Rudnik Trbovlje-Hrastnik (RTH) operates the Mine Rudnik Trbovlje Hrastnik near Trbovlje which mined 700,000 tonnes of brown coal;
 * Premogovnik Velenje which operates a lignite mine at Velenje which produced 5 million tonnes.

Coal-fired power stations financed by international public investment institutions
Coal-fired power stations financed by international public investment institutions include:
 * Sostanj power station, Slovenia

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